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Coco Gauff Loses After Citing an 'Insane' Wave of Racist Abuse Following Previous Match in Beijing

  • On Wednesday, 19th-ranked Elise Mertens defeated fourth-ranked Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 at the China Open in Beijing, advancing to the quarterfinals.
  • Gauff entered the match a day after reporting she had received an "insane" amount of online racist abuse following her controversial Monday victory against Sun Xinran.
  • Despite winning all five previous matchups against Mertens, Gauff dropped her serve four times. The Belgian player finished the match in 78 minutes with an ace on her second match point.
  • Reaching her first quarterfinal at a WTA 1000 event in five years, Mertens dedicated the victory to her coach, who is also her boyfriend.
  • Mertens will face six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek in the next round after Swiatek defeated 18-year-old Iva Jovic 6-1, 6-3.
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Coco Gauff loses after citing an 'insane' wave of racist abuse following previous match in Beijing

Coco Gauff lost to a player she had beaten in all five of their previous matchups after receiving what she described as an "insane" amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in the preceding round.

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